Scaffold-bracket.



A. R. BOYCE.

SCAFFOLD BRACKET. 7 APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24, I914. RENEWED A PR.2I|1915.

1,142,297. Patented June 8, 1915.

.EL/ f I 'HW' II H H H I11! M M J f I UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

ARTHUR R. BOYCE, OF 'II-IIEIE RIVER FALLS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO JOSEPH M. BISHOP, OF THIEF RIVER FALLS, MINNESOTA.

'SCAFIFOLD-BRAGKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1915.

Application filed February 24, 1914, Serial No. 820,553. Renewed April 21, 1915. Serial No. 22,947.

tain new and useful Improvements in Scaffold-Brackets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap-' pertains to make and use the same.

The present invention is directed to 1mprovements in scaffold brackets, and has for its object to so construct adevice of this character that the same can be easily and quickly adjusted for use, or taken apart when not in use so as to facilitate the trans- V portation of the device.

A further object of the invention is to provide a bracket for supporting scaifolds formed from sheet metal, the same being so constructed that it can be easily and quickly attached to and adjusted upon the supporting standards. 7

With these and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formation, combination and copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. 7

arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the bracket showing the same in place; Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the brackets. Fig. 4: is a sectional view on line 4- 1 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the designates the standards, which are disposed in pairs and are each provided with a plurality of vertically'alined headed lugs 2, the Y purpose of which will appear later.

The brackets 3 are formed from sheet metal and have their lower edges inclined. The brackets have their major ends formed with right angle head plates 1, said plates being provided with a plurality of alined button hole slots 5, similar slots 6 being formed in the minor ends of the brackets.

In use the button hole slots 5 and 6 are engaged' with the headed lugs 2, and at which time the minor ends of the brackets engage 1 the outer faces of the standards 1, while the head plates 4 engage the inner faces of the standards, it being of course understood that the lugs are engaged in the respective slots, and as the head plates 4 have comparatively large bearing surfaces when resting against the standards it is obvious that the brackets will be effectually supported when weight is upon the scaffold boards 7 which rest upon the upper edges of the said brackets when the device is in use.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that a scaffold bracket has been provided which can be, readily set up and knocked down, and when in its set-up position may be used by painters, carpenters, paperhangers and brick layers.

What is claimed is:

In combination with spaced standards having headed lugs carried thereby, of

- engage the headed lugs of the standardsdrawing, the numeral 1 T In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR R. BOYCE. Witnesses:

IRA O. RICHARDSON, J. M. BISHOP.

Washington, D. 0. 

